as in head-to-head
in direct confrontation or competition
the underdog team met its more talented opponent head-on and won the hockey game through sheer grit
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Handle Conflict Like a Leader ✔ Don’t avoid it — address it head-on.
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Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Killed in the head-on crash on state Highway 4 in Brentwood was 47-year-old Lakisha Ruffin.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 2 June 2025
Isaiah Moreno, 25, of Humble, Texas, was operating a Dodge Ram pickup truck on U.S. Highway 20 in eastern Idaho when his vehicle crossed the center line and collided head-on with a Mercedes tour van carrying more than a dozen people.
—Michael Dorgan , Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
Our planet is currently reverberating from the impact of a powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) that struck Earth head-on in the early hours of June 1 — and the resulting auroras were absolutely stunning.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 1 June 2025
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Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Killed in the head-on crash on state Highway 4 in Brentwood was 47-year-old Lakisha Ruffin.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 2 June 2025
Isaiah Moreno, 25, of Humble, Texas, was operating a Dodge Ram pickup truck on U.S. Highway 20 in eastern Idaho when his vehicle crossed the center line and collided head-on with a Mercedes tour van carrying more than a dozen people.
—Michael Dorgan , Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
Our planet is currently reverberating from the impact of a powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) that struck Earth head-on in the early hours of June 1 — and the resulting auroras were absolutely stunning.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 1 June 2025
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